hibernate as a tuber or give as a gift?

From: Lester Kallus lkallus at earthlink.net> on 2000.10.31 at 00:25:32(5618) OK, every bit of indoor space is now claimed. Several plants will soon be dug up and cleaned up for storage for next year. C. esculenta, Alocasia macrorrhiza, Canna, etc -- all those have survived well here. There are still some other plants outside which will either roll over dead in the frost, find a way to hibernate over the winter or will find an alternate home when friends come to visit in the next couple days. I have: +More Colocasia - black Colocasia antiquorum illustris 2 foot leaves Colocasia fontanesii 2 foot leaves Colocasia burgandy stem 3 foot leaves Xanthosoma brasiliensis (5 feet across) Alocasia sinuata (5 feet across) I believe, based on previous discussions, that all the Colocasias are doomed given that I'm suspecting no one will take them. Do the Xanthosoma brasiliensis or the Alocasia sinuata form tubers once they're this size? Is there a chance their basal areas could survive the winter in a paper bag in a heated area and if so, would they be better off at 70 degrees like Caladium tubers or 50 degrees like Canna tubers (or rhizomes if you'd rather call them that)? I saw some snow flakes in the air today so the pressure is on! There are still a couple weeks to go before a hard frost but that's soon enough. Les

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2000.11.01 at 17:19:38(5621) Dear Les, Dig the Xanthosoma brazilensis, they should have tubers (mine usually do!) and should survive in a paper bag like Caladiums. Sincerely, Julius +More >>OK, every bit of indoor space is now claimed. Several plants will soon be dug up and cleaned up for storage for next year. C. esculenta, Alocasia macrorrhiza, Canna, etc -- all those have survived well here. There are still some other plants outside which will either roll over dead in the frost, find a way to hibernate over the winter or will find an alternate home when friends come to visit in the next couple days. I have: Colocasia - black Colocasia antiquorum illustris 2 foot leaves Colocasia fontanesii 2 foot leaves Colocasia burgandy stem 3 foot leaves Xanthosoma brasiliensis (5 feet across) Alocasia sinuata (5 feet across) I believe, based on previous discussions, that all the Colocasias are doomed given that I'm suspecting no one will take them. Do the Xanthosoma brasiliensis or the Alocasia sinuata form tubers once they're this size? Is there a chance their basal areas could survive the winter in a paper bag in a heated area and if so, would they be better off at 70 degrees like Caladium tubers or 50 degrees like Canna tubers (or rhizomes if you'd rather call them that)? I saw some snow flakes in the air today so the pressure is on! There are still a couple weeks to go before a hard frost but that's soon enough. Les<<

From: magrysbo at shu.edu on 2000.11.01 at 17:20:28(5622) Les, Cover with about a foot of curly dry oak leaves and cap with 6-12" of manure. No need to remove in spring and plants (Colocasias) regrow as if on steroids! Bonaventure Magrys +More Cliffwood Beach, NJ Zone 6 06:26 PM CST Please respond to aroid-l@mobot.org Sent by: aroid-l@mobot.org To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L cc: Subject: hibernate as a tuber or give as a gift? OK, every bit of indoor space is now claimed. Several plants will soon be dug up and cleaned up for storage for next year. C. esculenta, Alocasia macrorrhiza, Canna, etc -- all those have survived well here. There are still some other plants outside which will either roll over dead in the frost, find a way to hibernate over the winter or will find an alternate home when friends come to visit in the next couple days. I have: Colocasia - black Colocasia antiquorum illustris 2 foot leaves Colocasia fontanesii 2 foot leaves Colocasia burgandy stem 3 foot leaves Xanthosoma brasiliensis (5 feet across) Alocasia sinuata (5 feet across) I believe, based on previous discussions, that all the Colocasias are doomed given that I'm suspecting no one will take them. Do the Xanthosoma brasiliensis or the Alocasia sinuata form tubers once they're this size? Is there a chance their basal areas could survive the winter in a paper bag in a heated area and if so, would they be better off at 70 degrees like Caladium tubers or 50 degrees like Canna tubers (or rhizomes if you'd rather call them that)? I saw some snow flakes in the air today so the pressure is on! There are still a couple weeks to go before a hard frost but that's soon enough. Les

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